Re: Wireless Audit Reports

[steven () lovebug org]

Hello,

I have been reading all of these replies and would just like to throw in a
little bit more. Someone mentioned that a person could setup another AP to
lure in people from your network.  This is definitely a potential risk as
they can do this in a few ways.  They could just stand up their AP with
their own SSID and hope for someone else to connect and attempt to
compromise their machine, sniff traffic, and/or conduct MITM attacks. 
They could also do the same thing by cloning the name of your network's
SSID.  I am not sure how many APs your environment has, but it might be
worth documenting all of the instances of the valid SSID and the
associated MAC addresses.  If you are going by SSID alone it is possible
that there is a fake AP they showed up and it could be overlooked. 
Documenting the MAC addresses, channel, location, IP address, etc of your
APs and looking for any anomalies might be good too.  If you are going to
be doing consistent reports you can always refer to your previously
collected information.

Also, as I am sure you have know and has been referenced in another post
-- your report is only as accurate as the time period for which your audit
was conducted.  Ad-hoc networks, rogue APs can be plugged in an unplugged
at any moment.  Unless you have something like AirDefense or a WLSE -- you
need to frequently check to be sure you are consistently free of these
things.  Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) networks are frequently overlooked and area
decent risk, especially if your machines aren't fully patched.  If you
want to have a full and comprehensive report, make sure you are looking at
802.11a/b/g.

Anyway -- I hope that helps.  Btw.. what "tools" are you using now?

Steven
> Hi,
>
>       I work in an environment that has a policy that does not permit
> wireless devices.  We still do an "audit" of the area to ensure that
> there are no wireless devices in our area.  I wish to prove that there
> are no devices.  Being in a city, there are literally hundreds of
> wireless networks present - perhaps up to 50 in any one given area of
> our building.  I have tracked the signals down and have determined that
> there are no rogue access points or peer networks hidden in our portion
> of the building.
>
>       Now a traditional wireless audit would be easy.  I could report
> the signal strengths of our devices, if the SSID's are correct, are
> non-broadcast, etc.  That would be an easy report to create after data
> collection.  In this case, I am trying to prove a negative.  I can list
> networks, signal strengths, etc. but I feel like I am fluffing the
> report with meaningless and time wasting statistics.  Does anyone have
> any experience in what they would report under these circumstances?
>
> Matt
>
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